The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-07-15

your way in the world. but think there
have been helpful influences that you
have never fully acknowleds god. Has
there not been some influence in your
carly or present homo that the world can
not seel Does there not reach to you
from among the New England hills, or
from Western prairie, or from Southern
plantation. or from English or Scottish or
Irish home, . cord Of in flueuce that has
Kept you right when you would have gone
sstray, and which. after you had made q
crooked track, recalled youi
Tho rope may be Is long ss thirty years,
or 500 miles long, or 5000 miles long, but
hands that went out Of mortal sight long
ago still hold the rope You want very
swift horse, and you need to rowel him
with sharpest spurs, and to let the reins
lie loose upon the neck, and to give
shout to the racer, ifyou are going to ride
out Of reach Of your mothers prayers.
Why, ship crossing the Atlantic in six
DAYS can't sail away from that A sailor
finds them on the lookout rs he takes his
place, and finds them on the mast a. he
climbs the ratlines to disentangle rope
In the tempest, and finds them swinging
on the hammock whom he turns in. Why
not be frank and acknowledge it, The
most OF US would long ago havs been
dashed to pieces had not gracious and
loving hands steadily and lovingly and
nightly held the rope.
But there must come time when We
shall find out who these Damascenes were
who lowered Paul in the basket, and
greet them and all those who have rem
dered to God and the world unrecognized
and unrecorded services That is going
to be one of the glad excitements Of
Heaven, the hunting up and picking out
Of those who did great good on earth and
got no credit for 1t. Here the Church has
been going on for nineteen centuries, ami
yet the world has not recognized the serv-
ices Of the people in that Damascus bal
cony. Charles D. Finney said to dying
Christian:
"Give my love to st. Paul when you
meet him.
When you and meet him, as we will, I
shall ask him to introduce me to those
people who got him out of the Damascene
peril.
We go into long sermons to prove that
We will be able to recognize, people in
heaven, when there is one reason we fail
to present, and that is better than all
God will introduce u.s. We shall have
them all pointed out. Y on would not be
guilty Of the impoliteness of having
friends in your parlor not introduc ed,
and celestial politeness will demand that
we be made acquainted with al, the heav-
emily household. What rehearsal Of old
times and recital Of stirring reminiscent
ces! II others fail to give introduction.
God will take us through. and before our
first twenty -four hours in heaven-if it
were calculated by earthly tim epieces-
have passed, we shall meet and talk with
more heavenly celebrities than in our en-.
tire mortal state we met with earthly
celebrities. Many who made great
noise of usefulness will sit on the last
seat by the front door of the Heavenly
temple. while right up within arms reach
Of the Heavenly throne will be many who.
though they could not preach themselves
or do any great exploits for God, never
theless held the rope.
Come, let US go right up and accost
those on the circle of Heavenly thrones.
Surely they must have killed in battle a
million men. Surely they must have
been buried with all the cathedrals sound
ing dirge and all the towers of all the
cities tolling the national grief Who
art thou, mighty one Of Heavena
81 liveI by choice the unmarried
daughter in an humble home that might
take care of my parents in their old age.
and l endured without complaints all
their Querulousness, and administered
to all their wants for twenty years."
Let US pass on around the circle OF
thrones. Who art thou, mighty one Ct
Heavenl
81 was for thirty years Christian IN
valid, and suffered all the while, occa-
writing note of sympathy for
those worse of than !, and was general
confidant of those vino had trouble, and
once in a while was strong enough to
max a garment for that poor family in
the back lane"
Pass on to another thvcns. Who at
thou, mighty one Of Heavenl
II was the mother who raised a whole
family of children for Col, and they are
out in the world, Christian merchants,
Christian mechanics, Christian wives,
and have had full reward for my toll"
Let us pass on in the circle Of thrones.
II had a Sabbath school class, and they
were always on my heart. and they all
entered the Kingdom of God, ard l am
waiting for their arrival"
"But who art thou, the mighty one OF
heaven on this other throne!
I'm time Of bitter p1rsecu ton, / owned
a house in Damascus, house on the wall.
A man who preached Christ was bounded
from street to street, and hid him from
the assassins, and when / found them
breaking i'm my house. and 1 could no
longer keep him safely, l advised him to
f4v h,o md lot Inf
down over the wall with the maltreated
man in it, and was one who helped hold
the rope"
And 1 said: 'sIs that all'''
And he answered: That is ALL"
And whilo was lost in amaz,ment. I
heard q strong voice that sounded as
though it might once have been hoarse
from many exposures, and Triumphant, as
though it might have belonged to one OF
the martyrs. and said:
Not many mighty, not many noble are called,
but God hath chosen the weak things of tho
world to confou nd the things which are mighty,
and base things OF the world and things which
are despised hath God chosen: yea, and things
which are not to bring to naueht things which
are, that flesh should glory IN his presence.
And l looked to see from whence the
v ice came, and 10! it was the very one
who had said:
Through a window, in basket was let
down by the wall
Henceforth think Of nothing as in
significant. A little thing may decide
your ALL A Cunarder put out from En-
gland for New York. 1t was we'll equip.
ped, but in putting up a stove in the pilot
box a nail was driven too near the COM
pass. You know how that nail would al
feet the compass. Tn, ships OH Ger, de-
ceived By that distracted compass, put
the ship two hundred miles on her right